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Session 2007-08 Reports Oral and Written Evidence Uncorrected Oral Evidence

Reports
	17 November 2008	Twelfth Special Report	From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2007–08
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	14 October 2008	Eleventh Special Report	Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2007–08
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	14 October 2008	Tenth Special Report	Politics and Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2006–07
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	14 October 2008	Ninth Special Report	Investigating the conduct of ministers: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2007–08
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	5 August 2008	Fourteenth Report	Mandarins Unpeeled: Memoirs and Commentary by Former Ministers and Civil Servants
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	23 July 2008	Thirteenth Report	Selection of a new Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
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	23 July 2008	Eighth Special Report	User Involvement in Public Services: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2007-08
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	23 July 2008	Seventh Special Report	When Citizens Complain: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2007-08
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	22 July 2008	Twelfth Report	From Citizen's Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlement to Public Services
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	9 July 2008	Eleventh Report	Public Services and the Third Sector: Rhetoric and Reality
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	4 June 2008	Tenth Report	Constitutional Renewal: Draft Bill and White Paper
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	30 May 2008	Ninth Report	Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry
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	14 May 2008	Eighth Report	Machinery of Government Changes: Further Report
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	12 May 2008	Seventh Report	Investigating the conduct of ministers
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	7 May 2008	Sixth Report	User Involvement in Public Services
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	2 May 2008	Sixth Special Report	Parliament and public appointments: Preappointment hearings by select committees: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2007–08
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	1 April 2008	Fifth Special Report	Work of the Committee in 2007: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2007-08
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	24 March 2008	Fifth Report	When Citizens Complain
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	24 January 2008	Fourth Report	Work of the Committee in 2007
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	16 January 2008	Third Report	Parliament and public appointments: Pre-appointment hearings by select committees
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	18 December 2007	Second Report	Propriety and Peerages
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	17 December 2007	First Report	Machinery of Government Changes: A follow-up Report
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	21 November 2007	Fourth Special Report	Whitehall Confidential: The Publication of Political Memoirs: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2005–06
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	21 November 2007	Third Special Report	Machinery of Government Changes: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2006–07
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	21 November 2007	Second Special Report	Skills for Government: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2006–07
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	21 November 2007	First Special Report	Ethics and Standards: The Regulation of Conduct in Public Life: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2006-07
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Oral and Written Evidence
	23 October 2008		Good Government
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP, Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP and Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP: uploaded on 19 November 2008 HC 983-iii
	16 October 2008		Good Government
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ms Zenna Atkins, Mr Geoff Mulgan, Sir Steve Robson Cb nnd Mr Matthew Taylor : uploaded on 18 November 2008 HC 983-ii
	9 October 2008		Charity Commission Annual Report
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Andrew Hind, CEO, Rosie Chapman, Executive Director, Policy and Effectiveness, and Kenneth Dibble, Executive Director, Legal and Compliance, Charity Commission: uploaded on 4 November 2008 HC 1156-iv
	9 October 2008		Charities and Public Benefit
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dame Suzi Leather, Chair, Andrew Hind, CEO, Rosie Chapman, Executive Director, Policy and Effectiveness, and Kenneth Dibble, Executive Director, Legal and Compliance, Charity Commission: uploaded on 4 November 2008 HC 663-iv
	22 July 2008		Selection of a new Chair of the House of Lords Appointments Commission
Oral Evidence given by Lord Jay of Ewelme: uploaded on 28 August 2008 HC 985-i Purchase this title
	15 July 2008		Data Handling Procedures in Government
Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary, and John Fiennes, former Senior Civil Servant: uploaded on 28 August 2008 HC 984-i Purchase this title
	10 July 2008		Official Statistics
Oral Evidence given by Simon Briscoe, Statistics Editor, Financial Times, Michael Fallon MP, Chairman, Treasury Sub-Committee, and Jill Leyland, Statistics User Forum and Royal Statistical Society: uploaded on 28 August 2008 HC 965-i Purchase this title
	2 July 2008		Charities and Public Benefit
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Chair, Independent Schools Council, Dr Anthony Seldon, Headmaster, Wellington College, and Sir Simon Jenkins, author and columnist. : uploaded on 22 August 2008 HC 663-ii
	8 July 2008		Charities and Public Benefit
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by David Mobbs, Chief Executive, Nuffield Hospitals, Ruth Jarratt, Director of Policy Development, Royal Opera House, Stephen Lloyd, Senior Partner, Bates Wells & Braithwaite. : uploaded on 22 August 2008 HC 663-iii
	17 July 2008		Good Government
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Sir John Bourn KCB, Sir Richard Mottram GCB and Ms Kate Jenkins : uploaded on 20 August 2008 HC 983-i
	15 July 2008		Data Handling Procedures in Government
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB, Cabinet Secretary, and Mr John Fiennes, former Senior Civil Servant in the Cabinet Office. : uploaded on 12 August 2008 HC 984-i
	10 July 2008		Official Statistics
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Simon Briscoe, Statistics Editor, Financial Times, Michael Fallon MP, Chair, Treasury Sub-Committee and Jill Leyland, Chair, RSS National Statistics Working Party: uploaded on 24 July 2008 HC 965-i
	19 June 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Tom Watson MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, Mr Tom Harris MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Department for Transport and Mr Iain Wright MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government: uploaded on 21 July 2008 HC 137-viii
	12 June 2008		Charities and Public Benefit
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Jon Benjamin, Board of Deputies of British Jews, David Pollock, British Humanist Association, David Horrocks, Evangelical Alliance, Andrea Williams, Lawyers' Christian Fellowship and Stephen Slack, the Archbishops' Council and the General Synod of the Church of England: uploaded on 2 July 2008 HC 663-i
	15 May 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ms Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Executive Director, Corporate and Legal Affairs, Tesco plc, Mr Chris Brinsmead, President, AstraZeneca Phamaceuticals UK, and Mr Tom Kelly, Corporate and Public Affairs Director, BAA Limited; Mr Tim Hancock, Campaigns Director, Amnesty International, Mr John Sauven, Director, Greenpeace and Mr Owen Espley, Corporate Power Campaigner, Friends of the Earth: uploaded on 20 June 2008 HC 137-vii
	8 May 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Lord Warner, a Member of the House of Lords, Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, and Mr Stephen Haddrill, Director General, Association of British Insurers: uploaded on 20 June 2008 HC 137-vi
	3 April 2008		Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE, Rt Hon Lord Owen CH, Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP and Adam Price MP. : uploaded on 8 May 2008 HC 473-i
	26 March 2008		Political Campaigning by Charities
Oral Evidence given by Greg Clark MP, Mr Ian Leggett, Director, People and Planet, and Mr Brian Lamb, Director of Communications, Royal National Institute for the Deaf: uploaded on 10 June 2008 HC 451-i Purchase this title
	24 March 2008		Public Services: Putting People First
Oral Evidence given by Ann Abraham, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, on 18 January 2007 Oral Evidence given by Mr Paul Gray CB, Chairman, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), on 1 March 2007 Oral Evidence given by Mr Tom Steinberg, Director, mySociety website, Mr Ross Ferguson, Director, eDemocracy programme, Hansard Society, Mr William Heath, Director and Ms Ruth Kennedy, Associate Director, Kable Ltd, on 8 March 2007 Oral Evidence given by Mr Leigh Lewis CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, and Mr Terry Moran, Chief Executive, Disability and Carers Service, on 15 March 2007 Oral Evidence given by Mr Bernard Herdan, Executive Director of Service Delivery, Identity and Passport Service, on 22 March 2007 Oral Evidence given by Professor Peter Beresford, Chairman, Shaping Our Lives, Mr David Holmes, Mind, Mr Andrew Harrop, Age Concern, and Ms Liz Stone, Mencap, on 26 April 2007 Oral Evidence given by Mr Pat McFadden MP, Parliamentary Secretary and Mr Ian Watmore, Head of Delivery Unit, Cabinet Office, Mencap, on 10 May 2007 Oral Evidence given by Mr Peter Wilkinson, Manging Director, Policy Research and Studies, Audit Commission, and Mr David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education and Skills, on 22 May 2007 Written Evidence Published on 24 March 2008 HC 408 Purchase this title
	19 March 2008		Better Government
Oral Evidence given by Sir Christopher Foster KT, Sir Nicholas Monck KCB and Mr Peter Owen CB, Better Government Initiative: uploaded on 16 June 2008 Written Evidence HC 431-i
	6 March 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Peter Bingle, Chairman, Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, and Mr Mike Granatt CB, Partner, Luther Pendragon Mr Richard Schofield, Acting Head of Legal Policy, Law Society and Mr Eben Black, Head of Media, DLA Piper Global Government Relations : uploaded on 23 April 2008 HC 137-v
	21 February 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Rt Hon Lord Mayhew of Twysden QC DL, a Member of the House of Lords, Chairman, Rt Hon Lord Maclennan of Rogart, a Member of the House of Lords, Member, and Mr Tony Nichols, Secretary, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments : uploaded on 23 April 2008 HC 137-iv
	7 February 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Rod Cartwright, Public Relations Consultants Association, Ms Gill Morris, Association of Professional Political Consultants, and Mr Lionel Zetter, Chartered Institute of Public Relations : uploaded on 26 March 2008 HC 137-iii
	24 January 2008		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Professor David Miller and Dr William Dinan, Spinwatch, and Mr Peter Facey, Director, Unlock Democracy : uploaded on 23 April 2008 HC 137-ii
	10 January 2008		Committee on Standards in Public Life
Oral Evidence given by Sir Christopher Kelly, Chairman, Committee on Standards in Public Life : uploaded on 13 March 2008 HC 218-i Purchase this title
	29 November 2007		Lobbying
Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr John Grogan MP, Peter Luff MP, and Stephen Pound MP : uploaded on 4 January 2008 HC 137-i
	15 November 2007		The Work of the Cabinet Office
Oral Evidence given by Sir Gus O’Donnell KGB, Secretary of the Cabinet Office and Head of the Home Civil Service Written Evidence published on 25 January 2008 HC 92-i Purchase this title
Uncorrected Oral Evidence
	13 November 2008		Equitable Life
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Sir Howard Davies, Lord Norton of Louth, Mr Tom Winsor, Mr Ian Cowie and Mr John Kay: uploaded on 19 November 2008 HC 1143-iii
	11 November 2008		Equitable Life
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Paul Braithwaite, Mr Colin Slater, Ms Liz Kwantes, Ms Ann Berry and Mr Peter Scawen; Mr Vanni Treves and Mr Charles Thomson: uploaded on 14 November 2008 HC 1143-ii
	30 October 2008		The Work of the Ombudsman
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Bill Richardson, Deputy Chief Executive, and Iain Ogilvie, Investigation Manager, - Equitable Life: uploaded on 5 November 2008 HC 1144-i
	30 October 2008		Equitable Life
Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Bill Richardson, Deputy Chief Executive, and Iain Ogilvie, Investigation Manager, - Equitable Life: uploaded on 5 November 2008 HC 1143-i

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